yeah, ill agree with that. watching the parents bring up the babies would be much more fun. i dont have a place to put the fish. i suppose i could give my friend the male temporarily but i would prefer not to.

since the eggs have hatched, there has been no fighting at all, thank god. the female is accepting the male again and they are watching over the hatched together.

they had me scared for a day or so there. the first day the male was beat up pretty bad. he had scrathes all over his face and side and some scales were falling off. he didnt look too happy....

but things are lookin good now. ill keep ya guys updated

its about a month since the eggs have hatched and im in very good shape. the babies are all over the tank, id say theres about 200 left over and they are about 1/4 an inch, maybe alittle bigger. The parents haven't faught at all since that day and ive found a couple people who would want some as they get bigger. right now they look like little fish with about 6 stripes goin down them. i saw one of the bigger ones today starting to get some spots. they are off the shrimp and eating flakes and pellets. looks like ive been sucessfull in breading them

congrats on your success. now all you need to do is figure out what to do with a couple hundred jacks

i figured even if 50 live, thats still a nice sized batch of fish. by the looks of things, im gonna have more. i found a store that would take them but wouldnt give me anything in return. the other stores wouldn't even take them for free (can u believe that?? thats ez money) a couple of my friends are takin some as well. and im tryin to find another big tank to at least grow them in. untill i find a suitible place for them (as well as keep as many as possible) or till i can add them into one of my other tanks.

now im not sure on this one. lets say i keep the babies in the tank. i know jacks are outstanding parents but would they ever eat or kill them? or is there a certain time that they must be removed? or can i begin to grow them in the same tank? if not ill just have to play it by ear.